With the news that the Biden Administration is bringing together 30 countries to discuss and address the threat of ransomware later this month, Digital Defense provides insight on how organizations can reduce their risk in this IT Nerd guest blog.
In Unite.AI’s cybersecurity interview, Mieng Lim, VP Product Management at Digital Defense by Fortra, talks about her career at Digital Defense and explains why vulnerability management is fundamental for today’s connected organization.
Organizations today are challenged to find a balance between encouraging employees to use social media for business while staying mindful of the potential security threats.
The onset of the pandemic and subsequent boom in remote working forced many organizations to accelerate their digital transformation programs. But in the rush to migrate to the cloud and against a backdrop of evolving cyber threats, are organizations leaving themselves vulnerable to cyber-attacks?
What lessons are to be learned from the many cyber-attacks we hear about in the news? The advice from Mark Bell, Managing Director, Digital Defense by Fortra, is that companies shouldn’t lose hope.
Chances are, your team is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing workload, increasing security threats, and shifting priorities that have become hallmarks of today’s IT environment. Instead of proactively building your security posture, you’re forced to be reactive, always fighting the biggest fire first. You need a better way.
It’s time to protect your organization with proactive, automated...
Better understand the different options for capacity forecasting and their characteristics, including using predictive analytics and machine learning. And learn how to choose the optimal forecasting method based on your business needs and maximize the accuracy and value of your planning efforts.
When exciting new services get underway, IT can be reduced to a cost center. In an effort to keep services up, leadership adopts a “performance at any cost” mindset and allocates more resources than necessary as an insurance policy against downtime.
But this is not a sustainable strategy, and especially in times like these, your organization needs to focus on controlling costs in every area of...
In this live webinar, IBM i security expert Sandi Moore breaks down some of the most common (and persistent!) myths that stop IT pros from implementing encryption on IBM i.
PCI DSS now includes requirements for strong encryption of cardholder data. Learn how key management is an essential element of preventing unauthorized data access.
DB2 Field Procedures (FieldProcs) were introduced in V7R1 and have greatly simplified encryption, often without requiring any application changes. Now you can quickly encrypt sensitive data on the IBM i.
Policy alone is rarely enough to influence change. Lasting impact requires buy-in from the organization and is best achieved using a mix of different influence levers.
30% of hybrid IT spend is wasted. Whether you find that number shocking or not, you likely don’t know how to identify and eliminate the wasted spend while assuring performance.
Many organizations have adopted a “performance at any cost” mindset to ensure service delivery and choose to overprovision IT resources for peace of mind. But the cost of overprovisioning adds up and quickly becomes...
Our years of experience shows that organizations waste 30% of their hybrid IT spend, on average. This article identifies the five key components of a cost optimization strategy and how to be successful with each of them.